Yamaha YZF-R1 Owner's Manual

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INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS3-313EAU47622Adjusting the front forkWARNINGEWA14671Always adjust the spring preload onboth fork legs equally, otherwisepoor handling and loss of stabilitymay result.Each front fork leg is equipped with aspring preload adjusting bolt, the rightfront fork leg is equipped with a re-bound damping force adjusting screwand the left front fork leg with a com-pression damping force adjustingscrew.NOTICEECA10102To avoid damaging the mechanism,do not attempt to turn beyond themaximum or minimum settings.Spring preloadTo increase the spring preload andthereby harden the suspension, turnthe adjusting bolt on each fork leg in di-rection (a). To decrease the spring pre-load and thereby soften thesuspension, turn the adjusting bolt oneach fork leg in direction (b).Align the appropriate groove on the ad-justing mechanism with the top of thefront fork collar.Rebound damping forceThe rebound damping force is adjust-ed on the right front fork leg only. To in-crease the rebound damping force andthereby harden the rebound damping,turn the adjusting screw in direction (a).To decrease the rebound dampingforce and thereby soften the rebounddamping, turn the adjusting screw indirection (b).TIPBe sure to perform this adjustment onthe right front fork leg.1. Spring preload adjusting bolt1. Current setting2. Front fork collar101234512Spring preload setting:Minimum (soft):0Standard:2Maximum (hard):5